RELATED: Will Smith’s King Richard Movie Nears Deal with Warner Bros. Richard Williams, who had no tennis background, overcame tremendous hardship, skepticism, and his own troubled past to raise two of the game’s greatest players.
On the heels of Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan), Susie Abromeit (Jessica Jones), Saniyya Sidney (Fences) and Demi Singleton (Godfather of Harlem) joining the Richard Williams drama King Richard starring Will Smith, THR reports that Dylan McDermott has also boarded the production.
When his daughters were around the age of four, Richard Williams drew up a 78-page plan for their professional tennis careers.
The Politician and American Horror Story actor will portray a fictional sports agent, which is obviously unique considering a majority of the roles — i.e., the Serena, Venus and Richard Williams — are based on real people.